Article
New Directions in Serials Management: The Experience of One Academic Library
Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Keywords
- Serials crisis,
- serials management,
- journal cancellation,
- formulas,
- resource management,
- Andrews University
Disciplines
Abstract
The explosive growth of journal literature during the last quarter century, compounded with price inflation and diminishing income, produced a serious crisis for academic libraries. Attempted solutions through multiple journal cancellations, transferring funds from monograph budgets, and devising allocation formulas have served only to anger faculty. A new approach is needed, based on resources management that evaluates and utilizes a range of options now available for accessing and delivering scholarly information. The experience of one library in its struggle with the crisis and its development of a new model for serials management is described.
Journal Title
Collection Management
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1300/J105v27n01_03
First Department
Library Sciences
Citation Information
Keith Clouten and Marilyn Gane. "New Directions in Serials Management: The Experience of One Academic Library" Vol. 27 Iss. 1 (2002) p. 27 - 39 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/keith-clouten/33/